Carla Perry received a BA in poetry from the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. She is the author of two books of poetry, illustrations and photographs: No Questions Asked, No Answers Given and Laughing Like Dogs. She co-wrote and published the literary magazine Wild Dog while meandering the U.S. in a 1976 Chevy camper van, and was editor and publisher of Talus & Scree International Literary Journal. She is the founder of the Nye Beach Writers Series and Writers on the Edge, Inc. In 1999, Carla established Dancing Moon Press, which publishes books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Her novel, Riva, is one edit away from complete. Carla received the Stuart H. Holbrook Special Award at the 2002 Oregon Book Awards, a Governor's Art Award in 2003, and a Literary Arts Fellowship in fiction. Her poems, short stories, essays, interviews, and photographs of writers have been published in many places.
